Chapter 2 - The Train Ride

The next thing they know all the kids are being forced into cars to take them to Platform 9 ¾. After all their bags and animals were packed away safely they set off.

"Now remember kids make sure you stay out of trouble this year." Lily said to them. "You have a knack for finding it." She turned and looked at Harry. "Especially you."

"Hey I can't help who my father is." Harry said laughing.

James just looked at Lily and smirked.

"See he takes after me in more ways than one." James replied.

"Yeah well either way I want all of you to be good!" Lily replied. "I'm tired of getting letters from Professor Dumbledore about you two." She said looking at Annelise and Harry.

"Oh don't worry we will be angels." Annelise replied while crossing her fingers behind her back.

"Alright we're here." James stated.

"Finally we can get out of this car." Draco replied.

"Oh be quiet Draco. You know you enjoyed being that close to me." Hermione whispered.

"Yeah but not while everyone is around." Draco said to her and grabbed her hand. "Now let's get our stuff so we can get into the heads compartment as soon as possible."

"Draco don't be silly. We need to set an example now that we are Head Boy and Girl." Hermione replied.

"Yeah the example we set is to be early!" Draco said.

Hermione laughed and got her things out of the back of Lily and James' car. Draco and the rest did the same.

"Alright everyone to Platform 9 ¾ but try to stay together this time." Lily said to them.

They all went towards the platform and made their way through. They said their goodbyes and boarded the train. The first thing Hermione did was look for her sister seeing as it was her first year coming to Hogwarts and she wanted to make sure she had got on board safely. She and Draco found her sitting in a compartment all by herself reading a book.

"Must be a Granger." Draco whispered to Hermione.

"Oh hush." Hermione replied while playfully hitting him on the arm.

Christine looked up from her book and immediately ran towards Hermione and Draco.

"Hermione…Draco!" Christine said while hugging them both. "I'm so happy to see you! I was by myself and I was getting really bored."

"Haha…it's nice to see you again too." Hermione replied. "Now listen Draco and I are Head Boy and Girl so if you have any problems come to us. But we wont be able to stay with you on the train ride because we have other things to attend to." Draco smiled. "But I will leave you with Harry's sister, Annelise and she will help you okay?"

"Yeah I guess so. But I will see you later right?" Christine asked.

"Of course. Now come with me." Hermione said while leading her towards Annelise's compartment. They reached the door and Ron was leaving.

"Hey guys. I was just leaving. Wait is this Christine?" Ron asked.

"Yeah this is my sister Ron. Christine this is my friend Ron." Hermione replied.

"Hi Ron." Christine said quietly seeing as she is shy.

"Well I'm off to find Lavender. You haven't seen her have you?" Ron asked.

"No sorry. Good Luck!" Hermione replied.

Ron left and Hermione, Draco and Christine entered the compartment to find Ginny, Annelise, Danielle, Harry, Layla and Caleb sitting and talking to each other.

"Hey guys." Hermione said.

"Hey Hermione. Wait who is this?" Harry asked.

"Oh right. This is my sister Christine. It's her first year here so she doesn't really know anyone right now. I was wondering if I could leave her here with you so that Draco and I can finish our Head duties." Hermione asked.

"Sure. We'll take good care of her. Don't worry!" Annelise said. "Come here, you can sit next to me Christine."

"Okay thanks." Christine replied.

Hermione and Draco left the compartment to the sound of Annelise introducing everyone.

"Finally by ourselves." Draco said with a smirk. "Now why don't we carry on with our 'other business'."

Hermione laughed. "You mean meeting with McGonagall? Sure. Lets go!"

"That's not what I meant." Draco said while following Hermione to the Head compartment.

Meanwhile Annelise had just finished introducing everyone when Zachary entered the compartment.

"Hey guys!" Zachary said. "Hey Annelise!"

Annelise blushed. "Hi Zach."

"Wait…who is this?" Zachary asked.

"Oh this is Hermione's younger sister Christine. She's a first year, so we're going to tell her all about Hogwarts. And how to get into trouble!" Annelise laughed.

"Yeah you are definitely the perfect person for that." Zachary replied with a smile on his face.

Annelise blushed again. Ginny and Danielle knew she had a crush on Zachary but would never do anything about it. She was very shy when it came to things like that. Harry and Layla began to get bored so they decided to wander the train awhile in hopes to have some time alone.

"Alright I think Layla and I are going to leave. We will be back soon." Harry said while standing up. He took Layla's hand and they walked into the hallway.

"So where to?" Layla asked.

"Well I was thinking our own compartment?" Harry replied.

"Sounds good to me." Layla said while smiling.

They wandered the halls until they finally found an empty compartment.

"How does this look?" Harry asked.

"Perfect." Layla replied.

They sat in the compartment just talking about what was going to happen after they both graduated this year.

"I cant believe we are going o be leaving Hogwarts after this year. This has been our home for the past seven years. It's going to be so weird not living here." Layla said.

"I know it seems like this is more of my home then with my parents." Harry replied. "But I've been thinking. Would you want to move into an apartment with me after we graduate?"

Layla was shocked. She always knew she wanted to be with Harry forever but after he mentioned living together it was finally beginning to set in.

"I would love to." She replied. "That's if we can get my father to agree." She said laughing.

"Leave Sirius to me." Harry replied with a smile. "I'm his godson…how could he resist?"

Harry then kissed Layla. The light kiss turned into a passionate one and soon things were beginning to get heavy. But for the second time that day, a knocking at the compartment door interrupted them.

"Harry…Layla…You might want to get your robes on. We should be at Hogsmead in a few minutes." Ginny said through the door.

"Thanks Ginny." Layla replied. "It seems like no one wants us to be together." She laughed.

They headed towards the other compartment, which had all their things and got ready for their last start of term feast at Hogwarts.